The Sanje mangabey (Cercocebus sanjei) lives only in the Mwanihana Forest and the Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve on the eastern slopes of Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains. A ground-dwelling species, the monkey spends very little time in trees, making it vulnerable to hunting and traps. It was first observed by Western scientists in 1979.

Mokoro Kitenana, a field technician with the TFCG, told IPP Media that the researchers found many traps in the Udzungwa Scarp Forest Reserve, as well as monkey meat for sale in nearby villages and scant evidence of remaining mangabeys in the forest. Not only does this bode poorly for the monkey itself, it could also affect the economy of the region: "If this is left to continue, the animals will be depleted from the mountains and that would be the end of tourists and foreign researchers visiting the Udzungwa Scarp," he said.

An official with the reserve said that antipoaching patrols are being started.

Tanzania's economy is not doing well; it had an August inflation rate of 14.1 percent, according to a recent report from Bloomberg Businessweek, and its currency is at a 45-year low, according to allAfrica.com. Poaching and wildlife crime are rampant in the country; a 2010 report (pdf) from the Elephant Trade Information System found that a large portion of the ivory smuggled throughout the world by organized crime originated in Tanzania, although the report also praised the country's law enforcement officials for their work blocking smugglers. This August more than 1,000 elephant tusks were seized in Tanzania on their way to Malaysia. Last month another shipment of 695 tusks, which originated in Tanzania, was seized in Malaysia on its way to China.

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